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Masyarakat dan pariwisata merupakan dua unsur yang tidak dapat dipisahkan, mereka berdua saling berdekatan dan menjadi ruh bagi perkembangan pariwisata yang pesat. Oleh karena itu, individu, manusia, masyarakat, dan pariwisata bisa dijadikan sebagai kajian objek dari sosiologi. Perkembangan kajian sosiologi inilah yang membuat munculnya sosiologi pariwisata sebagai cabang ilmu dari sosiologi itu sendiri. Objek kajian dari sosiologi pariwisata diantaranya kajian tentang penerapan prinsip, konsep hukum, paradigma dan metode sosiologis di dalam kajian masyarakat dan fenomena pariwisata. Pariwisata merupakan industri terbesar abad ini. Pariwisata telah menjadi sektor andalan di dalam pembangunan...
Buku pariwisata ini penting dimiliki oleh setiap khalayak sebagai bentuk sumbangsih keilmuan pada dunia kepariwisataan, buku ini menyajikan hal-hal penting yang harus di miliki oleh pengelola pariwisata, sebab Pariwisata merupakan suatu hal yang dapat dijadikan objek dan daya tarik wisata baik berupa keadaan alam, flora maupun fauna hasil dari karya manusia, serta peninggalan sejarah dan budaya yang merupakan model bagi perkembangan dan peningkatan kepariwisataan di Indonesia serta berbagai macam kegiatan wisata yang didukung oleh berbagai fasilitas serta layanan yang disediakan masyarakat, pengusaha, pemerintah, dan pemerintah daerah sehingga mampu menjadikan pariwisata yang berkelanjutan. ...
Laboratory Experiments in the Social Sciences is the only book providing core information for researchers about the ways and means to conduct experiments. Its comprehensive regard for laboratory experiments encompasses "how-to explanations, investigations of philosophies and ethics, explorations of experiments in specific social science disciplines, and summaries of both the history and future of social science laboratories. No other book offers such a direct avenue to enlarging our knowledge in the social sciences.This collection of original chapters combines instructions and advice about the design of laboratory experiments in the social sciences with the array of other issues. While there...
Complements theoretical analysis with detailed discussions of the empirics of the economics of agglomeration, offering a mix of theoretical and empirical research that gives a fresh perspective on spatial disparities. This book provides an introduction to economic geography and includes history and background of the field of spatial economics.
A comprehensive approach focused on sustainable change Asset Building and Community Development, Fourth Edition examines the promise and limits of community development by showing students and practitioners how asset-based developments can improve the sustainability and quality of life. Authors Gary Paul Green and Anna Haines provide an engaging, thought-provoking, and comprehensive approach to asset building by focusing on the role of different forms of community capital in the development process. Updated throughout, this edition explores how communities are building on their key assets—physical, human, social, financial, environmental, political, and cultural capital— to generate positive change. With a focus on community outcomes, the authors illustrate how development controlled by community-based organizations provides a better match between assets and the needs of the community.
"The book provides an excellent combination of broad theoretical background with a generous helping of vocational guidance on the practice of health promotion." scotregen "A very welcome addition to the practical side of health promotion! Laverack’s brief and simply-worded text weaves together just the right balance of theory, evidence, tips and case studies to satisfy the new learner looking to gain a grasp of health promotion’s empowering whole, while still offering new insights to the more seasoned practitioner." Ronald Labonté, Institute of Population Health, University of Ottawa How can health promotion practitioners help communities to become more empowered? How do you...
'The Green Revolution' of the 60's and 70's produced immense gains in food cereal production in the Third World. But there are huge problems in the 'post-revolutionary' era: farmers with small or marginal holdings have benefited less than wealthier farmers; intensive mono-cropping has made production more susceptible to environmental stresses and shocks. Now there is evidence of diminishing returns from intensive and intensively chemical agricultural production. What is needed is a new approach, equally revolutionary, but different in its ideas and style. The authors set out what they mean by 'sustainable' agriculture in the new era and look at the effects of international economic restraint...
This is the first book to provide a comprehensive account of cultural and heritage tourism in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region and the many complexities that heritage sites and tourist attractions face. The MENA region has long been regarded as the cradle of Western and Arab civilisation and is the home of many of the world’s major religions. Because of this, the region is rich in heritage sites that serve as major tourist attractions and as icons of national, cultural and religious identity. However, as this book examines, heritage in the region is simultaneously highly contested and has even become a target for terrorism creating a situation that brought major challenges fo...